Robert Barker
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Robert Barker
My stories
The Hangman
On the night before the hanging, Arthur Plowman had not been able to sleep. This was unusual. He’d spent much of the night lying awake and going over...
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Keep on Running
'Right, you lot!’ shouted Mr Stokes at the start of the PE lesson. ‘Three times round the block. Now. Run!' William’s heart sank, along with the...
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- 240 reads
White Christmas
It had been the perfect December day - cold and crisp with the frosted trees sparkling in the light of the low winter sun. The children and I had...
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Turning Over a New Leaf
‘What’s it to be this week, Mrs Dunbar?’ Linda the librarian asked. ‘A shooting? A strangling? Or a poisoning?’ ‘No thank you, dear. Not today.’ Mrs...
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Lost
As Peter came out of the gents on the ground floor of the department store, he started to panic. He wasn’t sure whether he’d been told to wait there...
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